Sunday, November 09, 2008
Big John Little, KVMR,The Emeralds
The Big John Little interview is now available on my Rockin Rebels page or from the main page. I ran the interview last Saturday and played a few of his records.
Last night's radio show signaled a small change in my format. Hard to explain, but I am certainly having a bit more fun, and of course when I make changes, it is always a little harder to make it sound like it should. I have also changed from the Champs Midnighter as an opening theme, to the instrumental called Big Bad Train. The artist is listed as Lee Castle along with Jimmy Dorsey. Don't let that fool you! It's a really nice hard driving record, with a certain touch of pop. You may have heard it before on air checks or the CD of Mad Daddy. He used to play it on his radio show in Cleveland when it first came out.
An interesting first and second pressing has arisen with Luther Bond and the Emeralds. They had a song that is commonly seen the the Showboat label called "Gold Will Never Do". I believe that was the first press of the disc. The second pressing does not show up as much, on the Briar International label. It has a different flip side, "Should I Love You", as opposed to "Jitterbug Jamboree" on the Showboat record. Briar International does not appear much, except for some bluegrass recordings.
I have another interview in the works, and hope to do it on Monday. It is the type of interview I really like: A group that just made a couple of records, had some regional popularity, but no huge success. Keep tuned to this blog and I will tell you all about it. I also plan to make a small web page featuring the group. One hint: They are actually already on my web site!
Last night's radio show signaled a small change in my format. Hard to explain, but I am certainly having a bit more fun, and of course when I make changes, it is always a little harder to make it sound like it should. I have also changed from the Champs Midnighter as an opening theme, to the instrumental called Big Bad Train. The artist is listed as Lee Castle along with Jimmy Dorsey. Don't let that fool you! It's a really nice hard driving record, with a certain touch of pop. You may have heard it before on air checks or the CD of Mad Daddy. He used to play it on his radio show in Cleveland when it first came out.
An interesting first and second pressing has arisen with Luther Bond and the Emeralds. They had a song that is commonly seen the the Showboat label called "Gold Will Never Do". I believe that was the first press of the disc. The second pressing does not show up as much, on the Briar International label. It has a different flip side, "Should I Love You", as opposed to "Jitterbug Jamboree" on the Showboat record. Briar International does not appear much, except for some bluegrass recordings.I have another interview in the works, and hope to do it on Monday. It is the type of interview I really like: A group that just made a couple of records, had some regional popularity, but no huge success. Keep tuned to this blog and I will tell you all about it. I also plan to make a small web page featuring the group. One hint: They are actually already on my web site!
